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In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS ; A thought: Assuming that capital pun- is nment is a grim and awful thing (which it is) Assuming (as on the long record of history we are en titled to assume) that the death penalty doesn't prevent crime Assuming that capital pun ishment is on its way out in the modern world WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH PEOPLE LIKE THE PENNSYLVANIA MANIAC WHO WENT ON THE LOOSE WITH HIS HIGH-POWERED RIFLE AND SHOT DOWN HUMAN BEINGS RIGHT AND LEFT AS HE WOULD HAVE SHOT RABBITS? I17HAT do we do when a mad dog is loose in the neighborhood? Do we call the Humane So ciety and have the rabid ani mal confined in the pound? Or do we put it out of the way? Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- THESE are grim questions. They deal with a grim sub ject. But they deserve some thought. ENOUGH of that. Let's get back to Brazil which is much in the news in these days. TTOLLYWOOD OLD-TIMERS recall a night when those two brilliant but recalcitrant old sinners, John Barry more and Gene Fowler, were dining together at the Brown jjemy. .ts anymore was coughing incessantly. "Jack," Fowler finally told him, "there are two kinds of cough: a hang over cough, and the one you haven't got-" Former Vice President John Gamer of Uvalde, Tex, when past 80, admit ted he no longer could see well enough to do any shooting on a hunt, "No, I can't see well enough to shoot," he . would assure guests when he called for them at the airport, "so I just do the driving." Frank Sullivan once asked a Texas host the size of his ranch. "No matter what you figure," the genial host assured him, "my place is just four times as big!" I960, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Features Syndicate The Medical Roundup GEORGE MIMNAUGH, Ore gon director of the savings bonds division of the U.S. Treasury Department, was re turning a few days ago from a meeting in Washington. He was traveling by train, and in the lounge car he fell into conversation with an Ameri can who is in business in Bra zil in a large enough way to have some 1700 people work ing under him. 'The conversation came around to the cost of living, and this gentleman said to Mr. Mimnaugh: "In 1958 in Brazil the cost of living increased 22 per cent over 1957. "The official figures for 1959 had not been compiled when I left, but the general estimate among informed peo ple in late December was that in Brazil the cost of living in 1959 rose 50 per cent over the 22 per cent it had risen in 1958." I Emeritus Consultant In Aleeielne. M&yo CUrJe Emeritus Professor of Medietas). Mayo Cllnle 7 HE then asked: "What's the prime interest rate in . the U.S. now?" meaning by that the interest rate on prime se curities, what is called "prime paper" in New York. Mr. Mimnaugh answered: "5 per cent." "Hmmmmmm," his com panion said, "in Brazil our firm has a small line of credit remaining on which it pays 12 PER CENT interest. The rest of its business borrowing is being done at the rate of 30 PER CENT." MR MIMNAUGH shud dered. His companion grinned and added: "I was in China at the peak of the Chinese inflation, and I saw speculators pay 60 per cent interest for the USE OF MONEY FOR ONE DAY. How could they do it? They'd buy a piece of property for $25,000 in the morning and sell it before noon for $50,000. . "That's what runaway in flation does when it gets loose." r can't happen here? I suppose not. But this conversation indi cates that it's beginning to happen in Brazil. that TJOW did Brazil get way? ITS GOVERNMENT SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY WITHOUT COLLECTING ENOUGH IN TAXES TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. That's the long and the short of it, Paternity Suits I am happy to see that the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently ruled that a defend ant in a pater nity suit is en- titled to a new trial if the jury ignored the blood -group ing tests, which can tell definitely that he couldn't ib. alvarez possiDiy nave been the father of the child. Unfortunately, -the tests can not prove that he was the fa ther of a -certain child; they tell- only that he could or could not have been. It is to be hoped that more and more courts will accept the reports of the able laboratory work ers who can now supply this very definite information. I recently read a report of an expert on these paternity suits who said that a considerable percentage of men are now paying for the support of a child who certainly is not theirs. They . either . did hot contest the suit, or they lost out in court. The Child Who Doesn't Walk Right . In the proceedings of the staff meetings of The Mayo Clinic (Dec. 9), there is a group of articles by several experts on what can be wrong with a child who doesn't walk right. Sometimes the child keeps stumbling and falling down, or he may be awkward, or. he may have a stiff walk, or weak legs, or "poor track ing", or he will not be able to keep up with other chil dren, or with his parents. As the several experts said, such a child should be studied by a neurologist to see if he has some rare . disease of the nerves or brain or muscles. The trouble may be due to something wrong in the cere bellum a special part of the brain which has much to do with maintaining body bal ance. Rarely, the child will be found to be poisoned a bit by some drug that he is taking regularly, or he may have a neuritis, or multiple sclerosis, or perhaps a form of hysteria. I remember a distinguished orthopedist who told me that every so often he would see a child whose limp was psychic in origin. Dr. blood tained and a Alvarez' booklet on pressure may be ob by sending 25 cents large, stamped,1 self- addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Al varez, Dept. MMT, The Regis ter and Tribune Syndicate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1960) Portland - (UPD - The annual brotherhood award of B'nai B'rith has been given to for mer Gov. Charles Sprague here. Strokes io Be Program Subject "What is the difference be tween a stroke and a heart at tack?" This and other questions concerning "strokes" will be answered by a medical panel on "Adventures in Medicine," the Jackson County Tubercu losis and Health association sponsored television program, at 1:30 pjn. o'clock this after noon over station KBES-TV. It will, be the first in a series of Sunday afternoon presentations, according to Mrs. C. Ivan Burton, associa tion television chairman, the program having been viewed for the past several months on alternate Mondays. Appearing on today's pan el will be Dr. John L. Welch and Dr. Ray L. Casterline, specialists in diagnosis and in ternal medicine, and Dr. Hen ry E. Storino, neurosurgeon. The physicians will describe the most common types of strokes and their causes, and explain modern methods of di agnosis and treatment. Plates, sketches, and x-rays will be shown in illustrating various phases of the discussion. The topic of "strokes" was chosen for National Heart Sunday, Mrs. Burton said, be cause strokes, while frequent ly being confused with heart attacks, are also the result of blood vessel disease and as such are included in the field of interest of the American Heart association. Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins To The Oyster A Pearl is a Pain No osyter relishes the idea of growing a pearl. If this bivalve had its way there nev er would be such a beautiful thing as a "precious pearl." The pearl is a very uncom fortable experience to the mollusk. It is a "cross" some unfortunate oysters have to bear and the poor thing has to die in order to lose it, for once a pearl is started it al ways remains an irritation and a burden. To the oyster that is "stuck with it" the pearl is a pain in the neck, to a creature that really has no neck. Nearly all the precious stones or gems that mankind prizes so highly for adorn ment are geologic in origin. They have been created by the pressures of great masses of weight over long periods of time, plus actions of wa ter and gases. The pearl, however, is bio logical or what could almost be considered to be chemical. The pearl is the result of an- Chile Union Not To Welcome Ike Santiago, Chile - (TJPB - The Communist - controlled Cut Union Federation says Chil ean workers will not welcome President Eisenhower to this countryt but it has not called specifically for hostile demon strations. "There are contradictions between Eisenhower's formal statements about good neigh borliness and his administra tion's imperialist economic policy toward Chile," the Cut said in a statement. The federation assailed U.S. policy in Cuba and demanded independence for Puerto Rico. Eisenhower arrives here Monday. Strong Market for Green Fir Reported - Portland - (UPD - A strong market for most items of green fir dimension despite slow Midwest buying was re ported Friday by Crow's Lum ber Market News Service. Volume of orders in both rail and cargo increased sharp ly in the week end ending Feb. 20, Crow's reported. I Area Drivers Get Licenses Suspended Salem The department of motor vehicles has released names of 419 drivers whose licenses were ordered sus pended during the period be ginning Feb. 15 and ending Feb. 18. Length of suspension varies, depending on charges in volved, recommendation of court, discretionary action by tne department or require ments of Oregon law. The de partment said some of the li censes invloving court recom mendations may have been re instated after suspension was ordered. The department warned drivers that the penalty for driving while suspended is a jail sentence of no less than two days and up to six months, and there may be im posed a fine up to $500. Under licensing . procedures, this will also result in an ad ditional year of suspension. . Among those suspended in Jackson county were: Drivinr while under the Influence of intoxicating liquor (Manda tory suspension) Henry FredncK Hertager, 43, or post office box 171, Eagle Point, 90 days. Sibyl Kodgers Jacobs, Si, of 1Z4U North Riverside ave, Medford, 90 days. Hewitt Edward Fairish, M, of Camp White, 90 days. Discretionary action or oeparimeni Ernest Alonzo Parker, 83. of 507 North Main st., Phoenix, failure to appear for required tests. 1 year. New Registrars Named in County Four new registrars to reg ister Jackson county residents have been announced by Courty Clerk E. M. Madden. Margaret McGinty, 103 King St.; Clarence H. Red mond, route 4, box 393. Med ford; and Walter L. Town send, Camp White, will regis ter persons at the Democratic headquarters, 232 West Fifth St. Mrs. Frank (Kathleen) Bash will register persons at 1325 Bundy st, Medford. A total of 73 registrars have been certified by the local elections repartment, Madden said. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS NO CAR ANYWHERE CAN MATCH TAUNUS FOR WHAT YOU GET FOR ONLY $1801 1960 TAUNUS from $1801 POE Here's Tatnras, Germany's liveliest, smartest economy car, daring you to find a better buy in the compact-car field! We say it can't be done and you'll agree when you see how much pep and power, comfort, style and luxury features you get with Taunus at this once-in-a-lifetime price. Compart Tstn OvtstmAif Tioth Fttsnc Overhead vale 60-fip engine Speeds up to 75 m.p.h. 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Most are the result of the egg-laying habits of some parasitic marine worms. These worms puncture the flesh of the mollusk and lay one or more eggs in the wound. If the body of the oyster cannot throw off or otherwise rid itfiilf of the egg it does the next best thing, it attempts to cover up the foreign object with a secre tion which, upon hardening, becomes a material called "nacre." The marine worm that de posits the egg, spends differ ent stages of its life in the bodies of various animals. Some of the adult worms are found in sharks. And wher ever sharks are in abundant supply, there in the same lo cality are usually found . the most pearls in the nearby oysters. Pearls that are sometimes found in the bodies of fresh water mollusks probably have parasitic worms whose life cycle makes it necessary for it to pass some stage of its development in another animal. A tiny grain of sand or any other irritant imbedded in the tissue of a living mol lusk does the same thing. It becomes coated, over and over, with thin layers of nacre and may eventually develop into a pearl. All genuine pearls are "laminated." They are all composed of thin lay ers of nacre, each layer flowed atop the nucleus, un til the object reaches a size which will destroy the host that "fathered it." Follow Shape The better pearls, the per fectly round or oval ones, would of necessity have had to begin with a perfectly round or oval irritant. If the object was elongated or an gular the resultant pearl would be the same shape. Pearls are always the same color and luster as the own er's shell. The more beauti ful the shell's interior, the more beautiful will be the pearl that grows therein. The so-called "blister pearls" are usually the result of a hard foreign body or irritant coming to rest be tween the mantle, which is the soft part of the mollusk, and the inside of the shell. As the nacre covers the ob ject, it also becomes "fixed" or attached to the shell. These, the so-called "bister pearls" have little or no val ue. It is the "free floating" pearl the one in the mantle .5 itself, that can become the ' MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. pearl for which men have Sunday, Feb. 28, 1 960 been known to kill in order to possess; or the lady to "had a pain in the neck." wear as a precious jewel. (Released by The Register And all because an oyster and Tribune Syndicate. 1860) APPEARANCE WITH BIFOCAL SHADOW! Youthful HOLES BLEND-VUE lenses eliminate the objectionable tattle-tale age line caused by old-fashioned bifocal lenses! No as e line no unpleasant eye jump with BLEND-VUE lenses end they can be fitted into any fashion frame you desire! No Appointment Needed Convenient Credit We give Zvf Green Stamp owr 55 t tfceix COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER Phone SP 2-9990 casual shopping with convenient parking On. Omar J. NoUt end William T. 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